§ Mr. LaxtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to publish lists for each region indicating the performance of each hospital in each waiting list category. [64006]
§ Mr. MilburnDetails of waiting lists for each National Health Service Executive region and for NHS trusts are published quarterly in "Hospital Waiting List Statistics: England", copies of which are available in the Library.
§ Mr. LaxtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to publish the patient waiting lists for each acute hospital broken down by type of operation awaited. [63999]
§ Mr. MilburnWaiting lists for individual procedures are not collected centrally. However, specialty level information is published quarterly in "Hospital Waiting List Statistics: England", copies of which are available in the Library.
§ Mr. LaxtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what details are currently made publicly available for each acute hospital on the order of patients on a waiting list. [64000]
§ Mr. MilburnFor reasons of patient confidentiality, the names of patients on a waiting list and the order in which they appear is not made public.